DOI issue:
Nr. 43 (October 1896)
DOI article:Scott, Mackay H. Baillie: An artist's house
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0043
An Artisfs House
consists mainly in its rela-
tion to its surroundings
and suitability to its posi-
tion, considerations which
far outweigh the individual
merit of a particular de-
sign.
" A poor thing, but my
own "—that should be the
motto of the artist, and the
same principle should be
carried as far as possible
into the construction and
decoration of every detail.
The fastenings for the doors
and windows, the grates
and furniture, all should be
specially designed for their
special positions and not
selected from the pattern-
book of the manufacturer.
It is given to few artists
to build a large house, and
so in the accompanying
plans it has been the aim
of the author to try and
secure comfort and beauty
THE STUDIO IN AN ARTIST'S HOUSE. M. H. BAILLIE SCOTT, ARCHITECT ^ g comparatively smaH
outlay.
there are so many beautiful things to be obtained The usual method for designing a small house
in the shops ; but the decorative superiority of a may be thus formulated :—Take a comparatively
perhaps intrinsically inferior design in this case large house with the full complement of rooms
HALL IN AN ARTIST'S HOUSE
M H. BAILLIE SCOTT, ARCHITECT
31
consists mainly in its rela-
tion to its surroundings
and suitability to its posi-
tion, considerations which
far outweigh the individual
merit of a particular de-
sign.
" A poor thing, but my
own "—that should be the
motto of the artist, and the
same principle should be
carried as far as possible
into the construction and
decoration of every detail.
The fastenings for the doors
and windows, the grates
and furniture, all should be
specially designed for their
special positions and not
selected from the pattern-
book of the manufacturer.
It is given to few artists
to build a large house, and
so in the accompanying
plans it has been the aim
of the author to try and
secure comfort and beauty
THE STUDIO IN AN ARTIST'S HOUSE. M. H. BAILLIE SCOTT, ARCHITECT ^ g comparatively smaH
outlay.
there are so many beautiful things to be obtained The usual method for designing a small house
in the shops ; but the decorative superiority of a may be thus formulated :—Take a comparatively
perhaps intrinsically inferior design in this case large house with the full complement of rooms
HALL IN AN ARTIST'S HOUSE
M H. BAILLIE SCOTT, ARCHITECT
31